Welcome to Mason ...
The village of Mason is located in Bayfield County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Mason, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.
From the Census Estimates for 2019, Mason has a population of 95 people<2> (see below for details).
Mason is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: Mason lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Mason: 715 & 534<4>
Population Details ...
Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Mason had an population of 95 people. This is an increase of 2.15% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 31.94% since the 2000 Census).
At the time of the 2010 Census, Mason had a population of 93 people. This makes Mason the county's 28th most populous community.
With a 2010 count of 93 people, the population of Mason increased 29.17% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 72 people).
More information can be found on the Census Page for Mason.
Communities Also Named Mason ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 38 communities that are also named Mason - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (2), Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Louisiana (2), Michigan (3), Minnesota, Missouri, Montana (2), Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas (2), Virginia (2), Washington (2) and West Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mason.
Communities near Mason ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mason.
- Ashland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Ashland is located in Ashland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,766 people
- Washburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Washburn is located in Bayfield County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,049 people
- Benoit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
- Benoit is located in Bayfield County
- Sutherland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland
- Sutherland is located in Bayfield County
- Moquah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquah
- Moquah is located in Bayfield County
- Delta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Delta is located in Bayfield County
- Marengo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Marengo is located in Ashland County
- White River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for White River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
- White River is located in Ashland County
- High Bridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- High Bridge is located in Ashland County
- Cable
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Cable is located in Bayfield County
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mason. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mason.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mason. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mason.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mason. See our Newspapers Page for Mason.
Adding Mason to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Mason in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Mason was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the Mason post office opened in 1883.
We also found Mason in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Mason.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mason. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Bayfield County: www.bayfieldcounty.org/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Bayfield, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Mason. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mason - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Mason area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Mason area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |